
Lagenaria siceraria, bottle gourd, opo squash or long melon is a vine grown for its fruit, which can either be harvested young and used as a vegetable, or harvested mature, dried, and used as a bottle, utensil, or pipe. For this reason, the calabash is widely known as the bottle gourd.
Similar species: Begonias, Gourds
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Uploaded Nov 1, 2013. Captured Feb 16, 2007 11:19.